"We appreciate you stepping up where the federal government won't and we understand how important this is to not just Texas, but other states," DeSantis added.
The meeting between the two governor's follows a June letter from Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey in which they issued a call for help from fellow governors under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact
The letter requested "additional manpower" to help apprehend people attempting to illegally cross the border into the U.S. DeSantis deployed law enforcement officers to the border in response.
Abbott and Ducey's letter said the administration has "proven unwilling or unable to do the job" of securing the border.